Office of the President

Strategic Plan 2021 - 2026


Goals, Objectives and metrics

GOAL 2: ACCELERATING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION

FOSTERING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND SERVICE

Miami Dade College offers pathways to the American dream. Graduating from college directly benefits the student, their immediate family, and can make an intergenerational impact by elevating earnings, and raising educational expectations. Additionally, MDC helps individuals develop into engaged global citizens and leaders who go on to make a positive difference in our community, state, and nation. MDC is dedicated to ensuring that each student has the opportunity to pursue a college education at an affordable cost, develop their talents and skills to be workforce ready, and graduate in a timely manner.

Our aim is to help additional community members have clearly defined paths to prosperity. We will expand guided pathways, personalize advising, and leverage technology to increase student completion, transfer, and career advancement. MDC will partner to strengthen alignments between program offerings and changing labor market needs. This includes developing new programs and continuously improving existing offerings. MDC is committed to talent development and training Miami’s future technology workforce.

High Impact Strategies

2.1    Enhance student transitions across the education pipeline through certificates, badges, industry certificates and workforce training programs to increase formal recognition of skill attainment and degree completion.

2.2    Establish MDC as the leader in the future of work and life-long learning, and a talent engine through high quality, robust offerings for all learnings.

2.3    Prioritize teaching and learning innovations and ensure that programs and course curriculum and offerings are agile, market-aligned and lead to high demand, high wage jobs.

2.4    Implement equity-minded, student centered high impact teaching strategies that promote student success and learning outcomes.

Sample Metrics

1    Number of industry certifications

2    Number of certificates earned

3    Number of degrees earned

4    Prior learning assessment counts

5    Dual enrollment counts

6    Active Business Advisory Councils

7    Earnings for AS and BAS graduates

8    Number of partnerships and MOU’s


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